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Thinking Like a Philosopher. Games from Cordoba
November 19, 20266:00 p.m.
CÓRDOBA
Casa Árabe Headquarters (c/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
6:00 p.m.
4 euros: for the general public at Casa Árabe.
3 euros: tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders. Ticket sales on our website (in the section with information on each workshop) or at Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba (payment in cash or by credit card).
In Spanish.
As part of our series of workshops dedicated to Averroes on the 900th anniversary of his birth, we are organizing this session of strategy games set in the Al-Andalus period on Thursday, November 19. Reserve your spot and come show off your skills on the game board!
Ibn Rushd’s (Averroes) philosophy advocated the use of reason to understand reality. Through games inspired by the Al-Andalus tradition, this workshop aims to exercise logic, strategy, and observation. It’s a playful way to approach philosophical thought through practice, evoking the critical spirit that characterized Averroes’s Córdoba.
Some of these games will include backgammon (tawla طاولة o shesh besh شيش بش), alquerque (القرقات), mancala (منقلة), and the Game of the Hyena—evolutions of older board games developed in Egypt or Mesopotamia.
Some of these games will include backgammon (tawla طاولة o shesh besh شيش بش), alquerque (القرقات), mancala (منقلة), and the Game of the Hyena—evolutions of older board games developed in Egypt or Mesopotamia.
